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Chorea rustica, sive Der Baurentanz, Pictura in Vdo Ioan: Holzeri in Fronte Tabernæ diversoriæ, quæ hinc inde nomen traxit
- Title
- Chorea rustica, sive Der Baurentanz, Pictura in Vdo Ioan: Holzeri in Fronte Tabernæ diversoriæ, quæ hinc inde nomen traxit [graphic] / J.E. Nilson, sculps: et excud: Aug: V.
- Author
- Nilson, Johann Esaias, 1721-1788.
- Publication
- [17--?]
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- Additional Authors
- Holzer, Johann Evangelist, 1709-1740.
- Description
- 1 print : engraving, b&w; 29 x 47 cm., plate mark 25 x 43 cm.
- Summary
- Print after a fresco by Johann Evangelist Holzer, depicting, from left to right: three dancing couples in peasant garb; musicians, one playing bagpipes; men and women eating and drinking at a table; a woman cooking over an open fire, while a cat and dog exchange hostilities. Two cartouche-like forms, each including a large bird with another animal, fill spaces above the dining revelers.
- Alternative Title
- Baurentanz
- Bauerntanz
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Engravings.
- Note
- Caption title.
- At lower left: Illustri ac Generosissimo Domino Paulo à Stetten L:L: A:A: Soc: Lips: Membro Fautori quam maxime colendo. Rustica per Choreas Nuptoriun Gaudia cernis Pictoris veré nobilitata Manu.
- At lower right: P:A: Dicasterü Augustan: Allessori Amplissimo Reverentiae atque Officü [?] obsequiosissimi Ergo D.D.D. J:E: Nilson. Der Baurentanz hat kaum so viel Natur und Lust, Als Holzers Meister Hand ihm zuverleihn gewust.
- Biography (note)
- Johann Evangelist Holzer's fresco, which is no longer in existence, once adorned the front of an inn called Zum Bauerntanz in Augsburg. The five rectangular shapes on this print may represent the spaces occupied by windows. According to the caption at top, the fresco took its name from the inn.
- Johann Esaias Nilson, who belonged to a family of artists in Augsburg, was a printmaker and decorative artist known as the "German Watteau." His prints documented the frescos of Johann Evangelist Holzer, which were painted on various buildings in Augsburg.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Nil J Cho 1
- OCLC
- 825562165
- Author
- Nilson, Johann Esaias, 1721-1788. Engraver
- Title
- Chorea rustica, sive Der Baurentanz, Pictura in Vdo Ioan: Holzeri in Fronte Tabernæ diversoriæ, quæ hinc inde nomen traxit [graphic] / J.E. Nilson, sculps: et excud: Aug: V.
- Imprint
- [17--?]
- Biography
- Johann Evangelist Holzer's fresco, which is no longer in existence, once adorned the front of an inn called Zum Bauerntanz in Augsburg. The five rectangular shapes on this print may represent the spaces occupied by windows. According to the caption at top, the fresco took its name from the inn.Johann Esaias Nilson, who belonged to a family of artists in Augsburg, was a printmaker and decorative artist known as the "German Watteau." His prints documented the frescos of Johann Evangelist Holzer, which were painted on various buildings in Augsburg.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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- Added Author
- Holzer, Johann Evangelist, 1709-1740. Artist
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Nil J Cho 1